Protect equipment
Reduce mineral attachment inside pumps, plumbing, valves, nozzles, heaters, and treatment equipment.
WaterIQ™
Alternative Water Softener Strategy
Keep the effects of hard water from damaging your equipment—and off the vehicle.
Hard water creates cost when calcium carbonate bonds to pumps, pipes, nozzles, heating surfaces, and vehicle finishes. WaterIQ™ conditions the water so minerals are more likely to form as suspended particles in the water stream—reducing scale attachment, maintenance demand, salt use, and interference with wash chemistry.
WaterIQ™Alternative Water Softener Strategy
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The operating challenge
Hard water quietly raises the cost of every wash.
When calcium carbonate forms on equipment instead of in the water, it restricts flow, increases maintenance, consumes salt and chemistry, and can contribute to mineral residue on the vehicle. WaterIQ™ changes where mineral formation begins so the wash can operate with cleaner surfaces and more consistent water.
Reduce maintenance demand
Limit the bonded scale that drives descaling, cleaning, part replacement, and avoidable downtime.
Use salt and chemistry more efficiently
Reduce the burden placed on softeners and help detergents perform in a more stable water environment.
Improve the customer result
Support cleaner rinsing and less mineral adhesion on vehicle surfaces while retaining RO as the final protection against evaporation spots.
The WaterIQ™ process
Form minerals in the water—not on valuable surfaces.
WaterIQ™ manages the conditions that control calcium-carbonate nucleation, then keeps the resulting mineral particles moving through the water stream.
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Profile the source water
Measure hardness, alkalinity, pH, temperature, conductivity, and saturation conditions that determine where calcium carbonate can form.
- 02
Create nanobubble interfaces
Use hydrodynamic conditioning and nanobubbles to increase mixing and provide interfaces where mineral nucleation can begin within the water.
- 03
Nucleate in the water stream
Encourage calcium carbonate to form as small suspended particles before dissolved minerals can crystallize on equipment or vehicle surfaces.
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Keep conditioned minerals moving
Maintain circulation and flow so preformed particles are carried downstream instead of accumulating as bonded scale.
- 05
Verify operating value
Track water chemistry, salt and chemical consumption, maintenance frequency, equipment condition, and wash quality.
The engine beneath WaterIQ™
Nanobubble-enabled advanced oxidation principles.
Nanobubbles create extremely small gas-to-water interfaces and improve oxygen transfer. Under suitable water conditions, interfacial reactions and bubble collapse can contribute to reactive oxygen species that support oxidation.
Actual response depends on water chemistry, dissolved gases, equipment configuration, residence time, and site conditions.
Gas transfer
Increase the opportunity for oxygen to dissolve and remain available.
Interfacial activity
Distribute highly active gas-to-water surfaces through the treated volume.
Oxidation support
Promote measurable oxidation conditions through controlled treatment.
Continuous control
Use circulation and monitoring to manage the water over time.
System coverage and operator value
Manage every water stream around measurable operating results.
The treatment point and goal change across the wash. WaterIQ™ evaluates every stream separately, then connects them into one water-management strategy. Site-specific goals are established from the water analysis, wash configuration, equipment, chemistry, treatment demand, and intended application.
Domestic water
Condition source water before chemistry mixing and downstream treatment.
Softened water
Support more efficient operation and evaluate salt use against verified results.
RO & spot-free
Manage pretreatment and stored permeate to protect final-rinse quality.
Reclaim water
Increase oxygen and circulation to support biology, oxidation, clarity, and reuse.
What the operator gains
Use less domestic water
Support greater use of appropriately conditioned reclaim water.
Reduce salt and utility demand
Optimize water-treatment operation using measured site performance.
Improve chemistry efficiency
Give ChemistryIQ™ a more stable environment in which to perform.
Protect rinse quality
Manage RO and spot-free water through treatment, storage, and application.
pH ORP Dissolved oxygen Conductivity Turbidity Water consumption